Down a seedy city street, a young woman is obsessed with what appears to be a long abandoned theatre. One night, she sees the front door slightly ajar and impulsively decides to sneak inside. But there in the vast, eerie auditorium, a show unlike any other unfolds before her eyes. Its host is an odd marionette-like man who will introduce her to six tales of the bizarre: A couple traveling in a remote part of the French Pyrenees crosses paths with a lustful witch; A paranoid lover faces the wrath of a partner who has been pushed to her limit; The Freudian dreams of an unfaithful husband blur the lines between fantasy and reality; The horrors of the real world are interpreted through the mind of a child; A woman addicted to other people’s memories gets her fix through the fluid of her victims’ eyeballs; And a perverse obsession with sweets turns sour for a couple in too deep. But as the stories unfold, something strange is happening to the woman. Something irreversible and horrific. Something that awaits its next audience in the Theatre Bizarre.

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Image Entertainment has announced that the horror anthology, The Theatre Bizarre, is heading to DVD on April 24th.
The film was directed by seven veterans of the horror genre including Richard Stanley (Hardware), Buddy Giovinazzo (No Way Home), Tom Savini (Night of the Living Dead (1990)), Douglas Buck (Sisters), Karim Hussain (Ascension), David Gregory (Plague Town) and Jeremy Kasten (The Wizard of Gore (2007)). This boundary-pushing film featuring stories of ancient evil, love, obsession, addiction, gluttony, sexual nightmares, pain, brutality and of course, death, is already available On Demand with cable and satellite providers.

Hosts Ryan Turek and Lawrence Raffel play it loose this episode as they get back into the podcast groove after the last few weeks of sporadic recordings.
This installment features an interview with Richard Stanley, the director of Dust Devil and Hardware. Here, Stanley discusses “The Mother of Toads,” his contribution to The Theatre Bizarre, an anthology horror film opening January 27.
In the news, this episode looks at James Wan’s The Conjuring, Dark Shadows and a rather exciting Hammer Films announcement. Also, We Need to Talk About Kevin, The Dead and The Dark Half are discussed in reviews. And, as usual, Ryan and Lawrence go off on a few other horror-related tangents, so strap yourself in and enjoy!
As a bonus, we’ve included an exclusive clip from Stanley’s “The Mother of Toads.”
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Shock has been your number one source of coverage for all things related to The Theatre Bizarre, this month’s anthology horror film featuring the eclectic and grisly works of directors Douglas Buck, Buddy Giovinazzo, David Gregory, Karim Hussain, Tom Savini, Richard Stanley and Jeremy Kasten.
This film opens in a limited theatrical release on January 26 from W2 Media and Severin Films and have five (5) pairs of tickets to give away for the first midnight screening of the film in the following cities/theaters.
This is an updated list including the special guests that will be appearing…

We’re keeping this episode short! With co-hosts Lawrence Raffel and Brian Collins on leave, host Ryan Turek presents a one-on-one interview with Karim Hussain, one of the directors behind The Theatre Bizarre. Hussain – who served as a cinematographer on Hobo With a Shotgun – directs “Vision Stains,” one of several stories featured in the anthology horror film opening January 27.
Don’t forget, we’re currently giving away tickets to see the film on opening night in select cities – follow this link for more details! And Be sure to visit the film’s Facebook and Twitter pages.

For today’s The Theatre Bizarre exclusive, we’re sharing another clip. This time, it’s a snippet from the wraparound segment featured in this anthology horror film. The clip is a preface to Tom Savini’s contribution, “Wet Dreams,” and features Virginia Newcomb and the incomparable Udo Kier.
Responsible for the framing devices in the film is director Jeremy Kasten, who we had the pleasure of having on Choice Cuts not long ago. The Theatre Bizarre opens on January 27 and we have two new locations to add to the list of theaters playing the film.

Shock has been your number one source of coverage for all things related to The Theatre Bizarre, this month’s anthology horror film featuring the eclectic and grisly works of directors Douglas Buck, Buddy Giovinazzo, David Gregory, Karim Hussain, Tom Savini, Richard Stanley and Jeremy Kasten.
This film opens in a limited theatrical release on January 26 from W2 Media and Severin Films and have five (5) pairs of tickets to give away for the first midnight screening of the film in the following cities/theaters…

Hello, 2012! Shock Waves welcomes in the new year with guest co-host Brian Collins of Horror Movie a Day.
In this episode, Collins and host Ryan Turek react to the trailer for the latest contained thriller, ATM, and discuss the upcoming Carrie remake and a new ghost story called HAUNTERS. Reviews include: The Grey, starring Liam Neeson, Richard Stanley’s Hardware and The Devil Inside. And for their feature discussion, Collin and Turek analyze Vincenzo Natali’s 2010 sci-fi thriller Splice.
As an added bonus… Tune in for an exclusive interview with Tom Savini as he chats about The Theatre Bizarre, the anthology horror film featuring his contribution: “Wet Dreams.” Head inside for an exclusive clip from the film.